Week 9 Rankings: Top 15 Kickers

Let’s continue our look at the Week 9 rankings by checking out the top kickers in the league:

Jason Hanson – Detroit Lions – at Jacksonville

Lawrence Tynes – New York Giants – vs. Pittsburgh

Sebastian Janikowski – Oakland Raiders – vs. Tampa Bay

Robbie Gould – Chicago Bears – at Tennessee

Matt Bryant – Atlanta Falcons – vs. Dallas

Connor Barth – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – at Oakland

Blair Walsh – Minnesota Vikings – at Seattle

Phil Dawson – Cleveland Browns – vs. Baltimore

Kai Forbath – Washington Redskins – vs. Carolina

Garrett Hartley – New Orleans Saints – vs. Philadelphia

Justin Tucker – Baltimore Ravens – at Cleveland

Shayne Graham – Houston Texans – vs. Buffalo

Steven Hauschka – Seattle Seahawks – vs. Minnesota

Alex Henery – Philadelphia Eagles – at New Orleans

Mike Nugent – Cincinnati Bengals – vs. Denver

Thoughts:

Could the Giants have to settle for field goals instead of touchdowns? You would think they couldn’t afford to against the Steelers, but their offense did repeatedly stall against the Cowboys last week. Lawrence Tynes has been arguably the best kicker in the league this season, so it’s easy to consider him a Top 5 option.

Sebastian Janikowski appears to be getting healthy, with back-to-back four field goal games (12-for-13 over his past four games). While he has hit just two field goals of over 40 yards during that span, it is hard to argue with the output.

Connor Barth has hit seven field goals of at least 40 yards and faces a Raiders team that has allowed the third most field goals in the league (18). It’s hard not to like the match-up, especially if you are in need of a bye week fill-in.

Speaking of good fill-ins, Kai Forbath will be taking on a Panthers’ defense that has allowed a league high 21 field goals this season. At 6-for-6 over his first three games, he’s a good buy for this week.

5 comments

is there something i don’t know about mason crosby going into this week? i figured he would have at least been in the top 15. i’m not questioning your decisions. just wondering if something has happened i’m not aware of.